1. Monthly StartUp & Entrepreneurship event in Vietnam

2. Start Me Up: is a monthly event, which is hosted by a
group of young entrepreneurs with a deep passion for
startup. We realized that startup community in Vietnam
is still at its pre-matured stage. Thus, we aim to create a
place where young entrepreneurs can meet, network,
share experience and support each other.

3.  StartMeUp has happened 9
times: since May 2012.
 More than 1000 people have
participated.
 More than 22 guest speakers.

4. StartMeUp May
• First event happened in May
• 120 has participated
• Speaker: Chris Harvey, Ex-CEO of
Vietnamworks with 4 invited
startup founders
• This event is sponsored by:

6. StartMeUp June
• Happened on 05 June 2012
• 120 has participated
• Speaker: Entrepreneur & Angel
Investor
• Christopher Zobrist
• Sieng Tran

8. StartMeUp July
Ver 2.0
Ngan Le - Eat. Write. Love @ Action.vn
The only event in Saigon that is only about entrepreneurship, ICT, Startup stuff guru
startups and most importantly “making things happen”. Join us this “Startup Scene in South East Asia and Vietnam,
Friday as our speakers will share their stories and tips for starting what falls and what does not?”
business
Alain Nguyen - CEO at 5DC Software
15 years experience in software and IT
“Bringing products to the consumers: The shift
to mobile marketing of shops and restaurants”
Loek Hopstaken - Business Consultant, Trainer
Over 25 years of Management Consulting
experience and coach startup companies to grow
from 5 to over 100 staffs
“HR and PR tips for starting business”
Takaaki Mizuno - CTO at Oceans Inc
A veteran with 30 years experience from Hatena,
Baidu, DeNA to Oceans, has also written and
translated more than 20 technical books
“Some mobile trends in Japan and the story of
building a mobile product from 0 to 500,00 users
within 1 year”

10. StartMeUp August
Viet Hung - Managing Director at KMS Technology
Self-awareness and self-development is my ultimate goal in life
“My startup story: 3 year journey with KMS Technology”
Christopher Zobrist - Entrepreneur and Investor
Great passion for building startups
“Pitch your idea in 60 seconds”
& small Startup Weekend pitching contest for everyone
Mike Tran - Founder & CEO at Keewi.me
Love entrepreneurship and startups
“What did I learn from Startup Weekend last year?
And how did I win it?”
Duy Le Huy Luong
General Partner at PVNI CEO at Blueway
Prominent leader in global Passionate about changing
software development, the way people learn
corporate operation and
early-stage venture capital

12. StartMeUp September
Vi Ton - Co-founder & Art Director at Studio BCA
3 years working experience in web, advertising
and interactive industry in Singapore
“Design to win your first 10,000 customers”
Christopher Browining - Online Marketing Coach
Specializing in taking startups from $0 to
$10,000 per month in 6 to 8 months
“How to avoid the 3 most costly marketing
mistakes and beat the pants of your competition
Trung Huynh - Investment Analyst at IDG & Launch’s Co-founder
Passionate about helping startups and early-
stage business
“Experience after hearing 100+ pitches”

14. StartMeUp October
Ver 3.0
Khanh Ho - CEO and Co-founder of Cungmua.com (Groupon)
The feeling of first time entrepreneur is like going on a roller
coaster with many ups and downs. However, I really like building a
meaningful product that bring benefits for people
“My life and startup story of Cungmua.com”
StartMeUp is very happy to welcome Khanh Ho – CEO of
Cungmua.com. You will have opportunity to learn from his
startup story from the first company – CyVee to Cungmua.com
and his viewpoint toward groupon and startup in Vietnam
Media Partners Organized by

16. StartMeUp November
Special Edition

17. Vietnam is the 1st country in
ASEAN licensing this film.
And START ME UP is proud
to be its host.
With biggest crowd ever –
200 attendants
The Startup Kids is a documentary about young
entrepreneurs in the US and Europe. It was
started by two highly motivated Icelandic girls
who like to travel and meet new people.
Interviewees are the founders of Vimeo,
Soundcloud, PlayFish, WordPress, Posterous,
Dropobox, Kiip, and many others.

19. Meetup with special guests from
Rackspace & Chartio
Melissa Smolensky
• 8th employee at Chartio
• Worked at Rackspace
Robert Hrdinsky
• 2nd employee at
CloudKick (acquired by
Rackspace)
• Working at Rackspace

20. StartMeUp December
Willis Wee- Founder of TechInAsia
The founder of the blog – TechInAsia.com, an entrepreneur since the
age of 19 and ran an educational center for five years before selling it
to his other partners. He also has experience in both traditional as
well as digital advertising.
“My startup story and general view of startup scene in Asia”
Ray Wu - Ambassador at JFDI Asia
Ray is passionate about working with entrepreneurs. He is an
ambassador of JDFI.Asia, a 100-days seed accelerator program. In the
past, he facilitated Lean Startup Machine workshop around the world.

22. Our partners

23. Our foreign friends
Should you be the next one?

24. Come by Vietnam and want to
meet local startups?
Say Hi to us @ event@startmeup.vn
Visit our FB @ www.fb.com/startmeup.vn
Representative: albert@keewi.me